What enables successful open-ended practical investigative work in the sciences post-16?

By Lynda Dunlop, Maria Turkenburg-van Diepen, Kerry J. Knox, Judith Bennett, Aba Adebanjo, Simon Moore, Martin Hampshire, Tanya Hunt, Simon Poliakoff

Issue 380 | Page 50 | Published Mar 2021

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Incorporating open-ended investitation into post-16 science: ways of making this work count for teachers and students, with attention to key learning outcomes associated with investigation.

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